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Syria says ready to work with US to return to 1974 disengagement deal with Israel


Syria says ready to work with US to return to 1974 disengagement deal with Israel

Israeli tanks take position on the border with Syria near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Dec. 8 (Credit: Jalaa Marey/AFP)

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said on Friday that Damascus was willing to cooperate with the United States to reimplement the 1974 disengagement agreement with Israel.

In a statement following a phone call with his American counterpart, Marco Rubio, Shaibani said he expressed Syria's "aspiration to cooperate with the United States to return to the 1974 disengagement agreement."

Syria and Israel have technically been in a state of war since 1948.

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said on Friday that Damascus was willing to cooperate with the United States to reimplement the 1974 disengagement agreement with Israel.

In a statement following a phone call with his American counterpart, Marco Rubio, Shaibani said he expressed Syria's "aspiration to cooperate with the United States to return to the 1974 disengagement agreement."

Syria and Israel have technically been in a state of war since 1948.